SEOUL, Korea--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. today announced the introduction of the
Samsung 950 PRO solid state drive (SSD), designed to meet the demands of
high-performance consumer and business laptops and PCs. The drive’s M.2
form factor means that users with ultra-slim notebook PCs and
workstations can benefit from industry-leading storage endurance,
reliability and energy efficiency.

The Samsung 950 PRO SSD is Samsung’s first consumer-ready Non-Volatile
Memory Express (NVMe*) M.2 form factor SSD with vertical NAND (V-NAND)
technology; supporting the Peripheral Component Interconnect Express
(PCIe) 3.0 interface. With the introduction of NVMe, the first protocol
optimized for SSDs, users of the Samsung 950 PRO will benefit from
improved performance and power saving which can help increase battery
life and potentially reduce operating costs. The drive is ideal for
professionals who want cutting-edge performance, higher bandwidth and
lower latency from their high-end PCs and workstations, for projects
such as computer-aided design, data analysis and engineering simulation.
The compact M.2 2280 form factor ensures compatibility with
next-generation desktop and mobile platforms that support the M.2 PCIe
slot and interface.

“With the introduction of the 950 PRO using NVMe and PCIe, Samsung is
able to provide our customers with the memory needed to handle the
increased storage demands of tomorrow’s computing systems,” said Un-Soo
Kim, Senior Vice President of Branded Memory, Memory Business at Samsung
Electronics. “Consumers and businesses alike can experience
enterprise-quality performance and benefits such as speed, endurance and
energy efficiency to support the most demanding applications. The 950
PRO is yet another example of a branded memory solution that continues
to elevate our portfolio of products and reflects Samsung’s continued
leadership in the memory industry.”

Featuring the PCIe Gen.3 x4 interface and supporting the NVMe protocol,
the Samsung 950 PRO offers improved random and sequential performance
over Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA) interface drives
utilizing the legacy Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) protocol.
Users of applications that benefit from high input/output operations per
second (IOPS) will experience up to four times faster performance than
with traditional SATA SSDs.

The 950 PRO will be available in 512 gigabyte (GB) and 256GB storage
capacities. The 512GB version delivers sequential read/write speeds of
up to 2,500 MB/s and 1,500 MB/s. Random read performance is up to
300,000 IOPS, with write speeds of up to 110,000 IOPS. It features
Samsung’s second generation MLC V-NAND 32-layer 128Gb die with UBX
controller and magician software.

The drive was built to last, with AES 256-bit Full Disk Encryption to
protect data and Dynamic Thermal Guard, which can protect the device and
data in inclement weather from 0 to 70 degrees Celsius. It can also
withstand physical shock of up to 1500G/0.5ms and vibrations up to 20G.

Both capacities come with a 5-year limited warranty up to 200 terabytes
written (TBW) for the 256GB and 400TBW for the 512GB. The 950 PRO will
be available beginning in October 2015, with an MSRP of $199.99 for the
256GB capacity and $349.99 for the 512GB capacity. For more information,
please visit www.samsung.com/950PRO.

About Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

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* Editors’ Note: Often shortened as NVMe, NVM Express (Non-Volatile
Memory Express) is an optimized, high performance, scalable host
controller interface with a streamlined register interface and command
set designed for enterprise and client systems that use PCIe SSDs. For
more information, please visit www.nvmexpress.org